Solar-Powered Plane Lands in Hawaii After Flight From Japan

July 4, 2015 12:46 AM

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A plane powered by the sun's rays landed in Hawaii Friday after a record-breaking five-day journey across the Pacific Ocean from Japan.

Pilot Andre Borschberg and his single-seat aircraft landed at Kalaeloa, a small airport outside Honolulu. His nearly 118-hour voyage from Nagoya broke the record for the world's longest nonstop solo flight, his team said. The late U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett set the previous record of 76 hours whe...

Had never heard of a slackline. I am going to buy it and try it out now. Sounds really promising. As I grow older, I am spending more time doing full body strength training exercises (not just "spot" exercises to work out shoulders, chest, etc.) and yoga, along with rowing and lots of walking and cycling. Slacklining should help improve my fitness more.

If you are going to attempt slacklining, install it over a grassy area as opposed to concrete. You will fall off, so landing on grass will save your wrists/elbows/shoulders etc. from impact injuries....just a tip since the article did not mention that.

I live in Vaud (Waadt), which tries to compete with Valais (Wallis) on wine, and it's a nice competition. There has been a trend over the past decade or two to bring back some old varieties. One you can find is viognier, which makes a nice white wine. Another I like to take back to people in the US is Humagne Rouge, which has a very smooth taste. (Interestingly, it gets its name from Humagne Blanche, which was popular when they started marketing what came to be known as Humagne Rouge. The two varieties are unrelated, though.) Of course, you can find some of these varieties in France (they grow more viognier in the Rhone Valley, south of Switzerland), but the Swiss consumers reward those who try innovative winemaking perhaps better than the French do, so I expect to keep finding interesting things to drink with my raclette or beef tartare.

Good article, Will..... Probably nothing as refreshing on a warm spring day in the mountains as a glass of slightly-frizzante Fendant (made from Chasselas in this style in Valais) and some cheese or charcuterie plate after a morning of skiing in the high country. Also, the expressions of Pinot Noir, primarily from the Wadenswil (2A) Clone around Lake Geneva are as good as anything from the cool climates of the world, as is the Merlot from the vineyards around Lugano. Too bad there isn't more made, so that we could find an good selection on the USA's West Coast.